Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
August 7, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1955 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 1 3 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 2
Torgeson 1b 5 0 1 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 0 0 0
House c 4 0 1 0
Hatfield 2b 3 0 0 0
Lary p 2 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 1 1 0
  Birrer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 8 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer lf,rf 5 0 2 1
Richardson 2b 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 2 2 2
Berra c 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 0 0
Collins rf 4 0 0 0
  Howard lf 0 0 0 0
McDougald 3b 3 0 1 0
Coleman ss 2 1 0 0
Turley p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Detroit 000 000 020 0280
New York 110 000 000 1360
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary   7.0 5 2 2 6 3
  Birrer  L(3-2) 2.2 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.2
6
3
3
6
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  W(12-10) 10.0 8 2 2 2 6
  Sturdivant   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Morgan   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.1
17
6
6
7
10

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Tuttle (14,off Turley), New York Bauer (12,off Lary).  HR–New York Mantle 2 (26,1st inning off Lary 0 on 2 out,10th inning off Birrer 0 on 2 out).  SH–Tuttle (11,off Turley).  IBB–Kaline (9,by Turley).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:34.  A–39,148.
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